Psalms 109:13

109:13 May his descendants ¹  be cut off! ² 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ³ 

Proverbs 10:7

10:7 The memory ⁴  of the righteous is a blessing,

but the reputation ⁵  of the wicked will rot. ⁶ 

Isaiah 14:20-22

14:20 You will not be buried with them, ⁷ 

because you destroyed your land

and killed your people.

The offspring of the wicked

will never be mentioned again.

14:21 Prepare to execute ⁸  his sons

for the sins their ancestors have committed. ⁹ 

They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,

or fill the surface of the world with cities.” ¹⁰ 

14:22 “I will rise up against them,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, ¹¹ 

including the offspring she produces,” ¹² 

says the Lord.

[109:13]  ¹ tn Or “offspring.”

[109:13]  ² sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

[109:13]  ³ tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”

[10:7]  ⁴ sn “Memory” (זֵכֶר, zekher) and “name” are often paired as synonyms. “Memory” in this sense has to do with reputation, fame. One’s reputation will be good or bad by righteousness or wickedness respectively.

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b).

[10:7]  ⁶ tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor.

[14:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will not be united with them in burial” (so NASB).

[14:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”

[14:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”

[14:21]  ¹² sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.

[14:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

[14:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “descendant and child.”